Let nothing be done through strife or vainglory; but in lowliness of mind let each esteem other better than themselves.
Ver. 3. Let nothing be done through strife] These are those hell hags that set the Church on fire, φιλονεικεια and φιλαρχια : if these men could be cast out of men's hearts, great hopes there were, παντας εις το θειον κηρυγμα ομοφωνως και ορθοδοξως συνδραμειν, as Isidore hath it, that all men would soon consent in one and the same truth, and be at peace among themselves.
Let each esteem other better than themselves] Non minus vere, quam humiliter, as Bernard glosseth; because in some gift or other, at least in the measure or use, another may be better than us.